Lifting jack



Jan. 8, 1935. .1. GENOVESE LIF'IING JACK Filed April 25, 1934 3 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor Jse k G'enavese f1 Home y J. GENOVESE Jan. 8, 1935.

LIFTING JACK Filed April 25, 1934 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Jsgkk enovese J. GENOVESE LIFTING JACK Jan. 8, 1935.

Filed April 25, 1934 3 Sheets-$heet 23 Inventor novese 40 reference numeral 14 jack is provided with a transverse opening at its 40 I Patented Jan. 8, 1935 L i i UNIT-11o 3 539 7 .4 L ET N J QK Joseph Genovese, Grat Neck, Y. PPI Qefi I VAR lZE,193%Sefi?! No- 22 373 zoiaims. r01. 254-86) This invention'has reference to lifting jacks and therefor in the casingl'? and provided on onelend. 1 J: has as its object the provision of an attachment in of a vertical shaft'22. The shaft 22 1's inzaline -i the form of a lifting jack'which may be readily 'ment with an opening 23 provided in thEf flQOI applied to an automobile foruse therewith .as-"a board'lfe, and at said: upper-zendthe. shaft: 22?

5 part of it equipment ,7 v provided with a nonecircularrihead. 24the'lunderi 5 Further objects of the invention are to provide fac of which ists vi 'with redial V L tin-attachment inth e form of a lifting jack for a will 'b c ar f el"stlldy aefi Figur GZiiFOI vehicles which is of economical and practical conlocking the Shaft 22 a ainst casual rotation there t ct o and rat is provided alatch member 26 pivoted at one end A un further object of t invention is t to a bracket 27 secured to the underside of the in cilitate the ordinarily disagreeable task of lifting flo board The latch member 26 is a -3 I one nd of road vehicle off t ground v urged upwardly into engagement with one of the The invention together with its objects and grooveszfi through the ium of aspring 2s. advantages will be best understood from a study The head 24 of e Shaft 22 is o a Size and 15 of the following description taken in connection shape to accommodate the 11511341 k t Wrench with the accompanying drawings wherein; forming part of the usual tool equipment, said Figure a plan View illustrating the appli wrench belng indicated by a broken line in Figcation f the invention ure 5, and by the reference numeral 29. It will Figures 2 and 4 are sectional Views taken thus be seen that the socket of the wrench 29 stantially on the lines 2-2 and 4-4 respectively may be Passed downwardly through the Opening 20 f Figure 23, engaged with the head 24, and the shaft 22 Figure 3 is a plan View of one of the jack rotated whereby through the medium of the gearbers partially broken away and shown in section. m 21 and 19 Shaft 15 rotated in the Proper Figure 5 is an enlarged detail view showing how W sWmgu 1g w Jacks 30 from the full 26 access may be had to the device for operating it. Posmon ShQWH Flgure 2 tothe dotted line Figure 6 is a detail view taken substantially on posltlon Show? In Sald fi or Vlce Versathe line of Figure 2. Each of the acks includes a tubular member Figure 7 is adetail view of the attaching bracket Wlth Whlch Screw threaded i 32 for a jack member and vided at its free end with a foot 33 p1voted to the 80 Figure 8 is a sectional view taken substantially 1 32 1 at 34 and normally rammed in Posi- 30 on the line of Figure tron at right angles to the stem 32 through the Referring to the drawings by reference medium of a leaf spring 35 all of which will be merals it will be seen that the chassis bars of the clear from S of Flgures 3 a automobile are indicated by the reference nu- For each 3ac,k thfare 1S provldedan attachmg 35 meral 10, the rear wheel by the reference numeral plate 35 which Sultably aperturedvto 35 1 11, the rear springs by the reference numerals 12, datje the u'bolts 13 of clamp ,provlded the U-bolts forming part of the clamps for the spnng Plate 36 at one end 15 formed wlth springs by the reference numeral 13 and a a bearing sleeve 3'7 which accommodates one end tion of the floor board of the automobile by the of plvot pm or shaft The member 31 of the In accordance with the present invention the g ,3? g m g i t g W the f jack attachment comprises an operating shaft 15 so a e en 6 1S Supp 8 that extends between the bars 10 and h d a manner to swing to the operative or dotted line 1 8 en s position shown in Figure 2 from the full line or insuitably ournalled in bearings 16 provided therefor. Adjacent one end thereof the shaft 15 exiggi posmon shown m savld figure or vice 45 tends through a gear casing 17 that is supported The f t 33 f the jacks are connected by rods f om t e adjacent frame bar 10 through the 39 with arms 40 provided on the shaft 15 so that dium of suitable bra t means Alrenged rocking movement of the shaft 15 is transmitted within t e gear ease is a a 19 that is to the jacks for swinging the same into and out 50.

cured to the shaft 15 for rotation therewith by any of erative position. suitable key means and as indicated generally at For releasably locking the jack in the'out of the 20 in Figure 4. way or inoperative position shown in full lines in The gear 19 is in constant mesh with a worm Figure 2 each jack has the pivoted end thereof gear 21 arranged in a suitable chamber provided provided with a lateral notch 41 with which is en- 55;

gageable a lug 42 provided at one end edge of the v bearing sleeve 37, and a spring 43 provided on the shaft 38 between the head thereof and an adjacent side of the member 31 of the jack normally urges said member and part of the jack toward the sleeve 37 to engage the notch 41 and lug 42.

It is thought that a clear understanding of the construction, utility and operation of a device of this character will be had, and a more detailed description is therefore deemed unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: 1. In an automobile, the combination with axle springs, frame members and floor board, of brackets secured to the axle springs, jacks pivotally connected with the brackets, a shaft rotatably supported between the frame members, operating connections between the shaft and the jack for swinging the latter, a gear case fixedly supported 'frorn one .of the frame members and through .which theshaft extends, a gear in the case and secured to the shaft for rotation therewith, avertical worm gear in the case and mesh-' ing with the first named gear, a shaft forming part of said worm gear extending vertically upwardlyffrom the gear case, and said floor board shaft and a jack positioned adjacent the wheel of the vehicle, manually operated gearing for rotating the operating shaft in either direction including a shaft having a head adapted to accommodate an operating tool and also having a series of spaced notches, and a pivoted spring pressed latch member engageable with a selected one of the notches for releasably securing the head equipped'shaft against rotation, said latch member being movable out of engagement with the a notch of the head by contact of the tool with the latch in the application of the tool to the head of said shaft.. 7 JOSEPH GENOVESE. 

